GOOD SAMARITAN WHO STOPPED THAT VIOLENT ACT. WE BEGIN WITH A TERRIFYING HOME INVASION WHERE THE PERSON INSIDE THE HOME SHOT AND KILLED A SUSPECT. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M BILL BALLEZA. I'M DOMINIQUE SACHSE. THAT MAN FIRED HIS GUN FEARING FOR HIS LIFE, ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN NORTH HARRIS COUNTY AT THE TRAILS AT DOMINION PARK APARTMENTS. JENNIFER BAUER SPOKE WITH THAT HOMEOWNER'S FATHER AND SHE'S LIVE AT THE COMPLEX WITH THE VERY LATEST. Reporter: THAT FATHER TELLS US HIS SON WAS SLEEPING THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THIS ALL HAPPENED AND HE WOKE UP TO SOME STRANGERS TRYING TO BREAK IN. BRAND-NEW VIDEO JUST IN SHOWS BULLET HOLES IN THE WALL OF THIS APARTMENT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAN WHO LIVED ACROSS THE HALL FIRED THE SHOT BECAUSE SOME ROBBERS TRIED TO BREAK IN. THAT MAN'S FATHER TELLS US HIS SON WAS ASLEEP WHEN THEY CAME KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. THEY WOKE HIM UP. HE PICKED OUT THE PEEPHOLE AND DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE GUYS. Reporter: ONE WITNESS SAID THE ROBBERS TRIED TO USE THE CROWBAR. ONE OF THE WOULD BE ROBBERS DIED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRWELL. POLICE SAY AT LEAST ONE OTHER GOT AWAY. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THERE WERE TWO OR THREE. THIS WOMAN LIVES NEARBY AND SAYS EVERYONE AT THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE TENANT WAS TARGETED. THEY BELIEVE THE ROBBERS WERE AFTER MONEY. HIS PARENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND HE HAS NICE THINGS. IT'S A MOTIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE OTHER YOUNG GUYS WHO SEE THEM AND THEY WANT THAT. THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THAT OR HAVE THAT. INVESTIGATORS WOULDN'T COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT THESE INTRUDERS HAD A GUN. BUT WITNESSES TELL US THEY WERE INDEED ARMED. THIS CASE DOES REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION, WE'RE LIVE, JENNIFER BAUER, KPRC "LOCAL 2". HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SAY ONE PERSON HAD SHOWN UP AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. THEY'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF HE IS ONE OF THE INTRUDERS.

HOUSTON -

A man fought back against two intruders, fatally shooting one of them at his north Harris County apartment, according to deputies.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office says it responded to the shooting at around 12:45 p.m. Friday at The Trails at Dominion Park apartment complex in the 200 block of Dominion Park Drive. A man who lives in a third floor apartment says he was asleep when he heard something at the front door and went to investigate.

He told sheriff's deputies at least two men then forced their way inside the apartment. He then confronted the two suspects and fired his weapon several times.

The resident's father spoke to Local 2 and said his son was sleeping when the intruders came knocking and tried to break in.

"They woke him up" he said. "He peeked out the peephole and he didn't recognize who the guys was."

A neighbor said the men tried to pry the door open.

"They used a crow bar," Gakayla Render said. "He saw the gun come around the corner and he started firing."

Render said everyone who lives at the apartment complex is talking about how the tenant was targeted. They believe the would-be robbers were after money. The say the man who lives in the complex has successful parents who provide him with nice things.

"It's a motive," she said. "You have other young guys who see them and they're envious and they want that, they want to be part of that or they want to have that."

According to investigators, a man has shown up a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound and they are now trying to determine if he was involved in this home invasion.

Investigators say there were at least two suspects, but they are trying to figure out if there could be more.

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